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2026-08-02 13:18:32 Alexander Whillas: Add open-questions page; link from home and index - New open-questions.md collating all unresolved gaps from the source, each linked to its relevant page - Linked from home.md and index.md; log entry added Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>| home.md .. | |
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| - 📍 **[Places](/index#places)** — from [Barvas](/places/barvas-isle-of-lewis) and [Glasgow](/places/glasgow-scotland) to the SA lighthouses and beyond | |
| - 🎗️ **[Events](/index#events)** — marriages, migrations, [Norman's WW1 service](/events/norman-macleod-ww1-service) | |
| - 📄 **[Documents](/documents/index)** · 📷 **[Photos](/photos/index)** | |
| + | - ❓ **[Open Questions](/open-questions)** — gaps and mysteries still to be solved |
| - 🔎 **[Full index](/index)** — a catalog of every page | |
| ## Recent ingestions | |
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| ## Other | |
| - [Family tree](/family-tree) | |
| + | - [Open questions](/open-questions) |
| - [Photos index](/photos/index) | |
| - [Log](/log) | |
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| - Several "when was the move to …?" questions (Brae, Sth Purrumbete, Invergordon, Fremantle) remain open in the source. | |
| - Timeline is organised by decade (matching the source sheets). Individual year pages (e.g. `timeline/1963.md`) can be split out later as content grows. | |
| - The bulk photo archive in `source/Mcleod, Whillas family/` has **not** yet been catalogued — see [photos index](/photos/index). | |
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| + | ## [2026-08-02] maintenance | Open-questions page & timeline convention |
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| + | - Created [open-questions.md](/open-questions), collating every unresolved question/gap flagged in the source (family moves, [Norman's](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) records, missing certificates, unidentified relatives, etc.), each linked to its relevant page. Linked from [home](/home) and the [index](/index). |
| + | - Updated `CLAUDE.md` to document the **by-decade** timeline convention (`timeline/1960s.md`) in place of the original per-year example, with a note that year pages can be split out as coverage grows. |
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| + | # Open Questions |
| + | |
| + | Unresolved questions, gaps and uncertainties carried over from the source material (the Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet, Rev 4). This page is a to-do list for future research — as questions are answered, update the relevant page and remove the item here (noting the resolution in the [log](/log)). |
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| + | ## Dates of family moves & residences |
| + | |
| + | The spreadsheet repeatedly flags uncertainty about *when* the family moved between homes: |
| + | |
| + | - **When did the family move to [Angaston](/places/angaston-south-australia)?** [Dick](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920) took a dried-fruit management job there c. 1948, but the exact move date is unknown. |
| + | - **Where does McGilp Ave (Glenelg East) fit in?** D & C bought and sold a McGilp Ave property in Aug 1949, and it is listed as a possible Adelaide home address — its place in the sequence is unclear. See [Adelaide](/places/adelaide-south-australia). |
| + | - **When did the family move to [Bray / Brae, near Robe](/places/bray-robe-south-australia)?** Sometime in 1949–50 after a camping trip from Angaston. |
| + | - **When did the family move to the [Sth Purrumbete](/places/south-purrumbete-victoria) dairy farm?** c. 1954. |
| + | - **When did the family move to [Invergordon](/places/invergordon-victoria)?** c. late 1959 / early 1960. |
| + | - **When did the family move to [East Fremantle](/places/east-fremantle-western-australia)?** After the [1970 truck accident](/events/hopetoun-truck-accident-1970), but the date is marked unknown. |
| + | - **When did [Richard Johnstone](/people/richard-johnstone-whillas-b1945) & Irine move back (Sth Purrumbete → Sydney) and then overseas?** Only the Nov 1973 departure for Bali is dated. |
| + | - **When did [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) build the Salter St, Kensington house?** Said to be around the end of WW2, but the date is uncertain. |
| + | |
| + | ## Norman MacLeod's records |
| + | |
| + | - **Which British Army regiment did [Norman](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) serve in?** He gave the 1st Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (1914) but later the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, service no. 8393 (1939). Complicated by *another* Norman McLeod, also from [Barvas](/places/barvas-isle-of-lewis), in the same units. See [Norman's WW1 service](/events/norman-macleod-ww1-service). |
| + | - **When did Norman return to Australia in the 1920s?** Notes say ~2 years before [Cath](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1920) and her mother arrived in 1927 — not confirmed. |
| + | - **Norman's lighthouse postings after March 1936** ([Althorpe Island](/places/cape-du-couedic-lighthouse), [Cape du Couedic](/places/cape-du-couedic-lighthouse)) rest only on [Cath's](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1920) recollection; the SA Archives hold no record after [Cape Northumberland](/places/cape-northumberland-lighthouse). |
| + | - **When did Norman marry Lileen Kallady?** Date unknown (shortly before his death in Jan 1955). |
| + | - **Where are Norman's ashes?** He was cremated in Melbourne; the location of the ashes is unknown. |
| + | |
| + | ## People with missing details |
| + | |
| + | - **[Donald MacLeod](/people/donald-macleod-b1881)** — did he emigrate to Canada or the USA? Did he really fight with the Canadians in WW1? No details. |
| + | - **[James Mawhinney Whillas](/people/james-mawhinney-whillas-b1881)** — death date unknown. |
| + | - **[Frances "Fannie" Johnston](/people/frances-johnston-whillas-b1849)** — exact date she left the UK (1864) is unknown. |
| + | - **The Sloggett aunts** — the eight Sloggett girls of [Millicent](/places/millicent-south-australia) are only partly identified (Murd, Dorothy, Ethyl(?), May, Lil, Evelyn, Daisy) and are not in Robert's database. Did Daisy die aged ~12? See [Charlotte Sloggett](/people/charlotte-sloggett-whillas-b1879). |
| + | - **[Catherine Gunn's](/people/catherine-gunn-macleod-b1873) sisters** (Ann, Jessie, Margaret, Mary — all born Barvas) — no further details beyond birth dates. |
| + | - **"Uncle Joe"** — noted working for the PMG (probably Bordertown) c. 1928. Who was he? See the [1920s timeline](/timeline/1920s). |
| + | |
| + | ## Records & certificates to find |
| + | |
| + | - **[Cath's](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1920) birth year** — 1921 on her certificate, but some family records say 1920. |
| + | - **[Nan's](/people/catherine-normandy-whillas-b1939) original birth certificate** — the pre-1943 (un-"legitimised") version, which would show residence and marital status at birth, is not available. |
| + | - **Missing birth certificates** — noted as not held for several people, including [Charles Johnston Whillas](/people/charles-johnston-whillas-b1872), [John Henry Whillas](/people/john-henry-whillas-b1909), [Charlotte Sloggett](/people/charlotte-sloggett-whillas-b1879), [Dick](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920), [Robert](/people/robert-alexander-whillas-b1944) (missing), [Andrew John](/people/andrew-john-whillas-b1949), [Norman Vincent](/people/norman-vincent-whillas-b1952), [Stuart James](/people/stuart-james-whillas-b1954), [Fiona](/people/fiona-victoria-whillas-b1956), [Susan](/people/susan-catrina-whillas-b1958), [Craig](/people/craig-douglas-whillas-b1959) and [Greg](/people/greg-stephen-whillas-b1960). See the [documents index](/documents/index). |
| + | |
| + | ## Curiosities from the source |
| + | |
| + | - **Why did C & D drive ~400 km from [Bray](/places/bray-robe-south-australia) to Adelaide on bad roads in a small Morris truck when [Cath](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1920) was nine months pregnant with [Janet](/people/janet-barbara-whillas-b1951)?** (A question posed by the family historian.) |
| + | |
| + | ## See also |
| + | |
| + | - The **Notes & uncertainties** sections on each [decade timeline page](/timeline/1860s) hold the same items in their chronological context. |
| + | - The [documents index](/documents/index) tracks which records are held vs. still to be digitised. |
| + | |
| + | ## Sources |
| + | |
| + | - Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), all sheets. |